Variable won't change when picked

[chesarty]

So... any clue why this code doesn't work? It runs but the game still reads $major as "none" rather than any of the options.

the definitions:

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$ journalism = False
$ finearts = False
$ accounting = False
$ philospohy = False
$ compsci = False

$ major = "none"
if journalism = True:
    $major = "Journalism"
elif finearts = True:
    $major = "Fine Arts"
elif accounting = True:
    $major = "Accounting"
elif philospohy = True:
    $major = "Philosophy"
elif compsci = True:
    $major = "Computer science"

the script:

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    menu:
            "Journalism":
                $journalism=True
            
            "Fine arts":
                $finearts=True

            "Accounting":
                $accounting=True

            "Philosophy":
                $philosophy=True

            "Computer science":
                $compsci=True

    mc "It's [major]. Boring, I know."

[Ocelot]

if journalism = True: → if journalism == True:
Same with others.
Also in your script there is nothing to change value of major after menu selection.

[rayminator]

here is your problem

either you use default or a init to define your variable it would be best to use default

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default journalism = False

or 

outside of a any label
init:
    $ journalism = False

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$ journalism = False
$ finearts = False
$ accounting = False
$ philospohy = False
$ compsci = False

and with these that are not spaced out the same way you defined the variables

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menu:
            "Journalism":
                $journalism=True < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable
            
            "Fine arts":
                $finearts=True < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable

            "Accounting":
                $accounting=True < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable

            "Philosophy":
                $philosophy=True < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable

            "Computer science":
                $compsci=True < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable

and the same for this

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if journalism = True:
    $major = "Journalism" < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable
elif finearts = True:
    $major = "Fine Arts" < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable
elif accounting = True:
    $major = "Accounting" < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable
elif philospohy = True:
    $major = "Philosophy" < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable
elif compsci = True:
    $major = "Computer science" < need to be spaced out the same way as the defined variable